Fender brace



FENDER BRAGE Filed Mar'. 19, 1921 -Filff Patented Feb. Z, i923,

BENJAMIN H. Haier, or Wanna wanna, WASHINGT'N.

FENDER. ERASE.

Application lea' March 19, 1921. Serial No. 453,768.

resultant disagreeable rattling and sqeaking.

An important object is the provision of a brace of this character which is secured to the frame, the fenders and the headlights whereby to hold not only the fenders but also the head lamps rigidly. the brace furthermore serving as suspension means for license plates.

a devicemf this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly efficient in use, durable`V inservice and a general improvement in thej' art.

lVith the above and other objects and adl vantages in View,l the invent-ion consists in ,y Figure'l is a perspective view showing my device applied to the iront portion of an automobile. .Y

Figure 2 is a perspective vievv'o' a slightly modified form, detached.

Referring more particularly to the draw-v ings the letter A designates the radiator of an automobile. B designates the frame bars, C designates the iront fenders. D designates the head lamps and E designates the standards which sup :ort the lamp.

In carrying out my invention I' providea brace which includes a horizontal brace rod 10 which is disposed across the front of the radiator and which has slightly upturned or angularly deflected ends 11' apertured for.

the passage of bolts 12 for securing these ends to the fenders C. Suitably secured,

but preferably welded to'the bar 10 at points spaced inwardly from the ends thereof are rearwardly extending angular -arms 13 which are secured to the lam by means of bolts 14. Secure to the underside of the. bar 10 at its center, as by means of riveting or `welding, isa bar 15 which mav be or" Varcuate sha 'e as shown' in Fimire j u D An additional object is the provision ofV standards E l or which may be angular as shown Figure 2.

and are disposed upon the upper edges of the frame bars C. These ends 16 are ap- The ends of the bar-15 are slightly bent so as to extend horizontally.A

ertured for the passage of securingbolts 17 which pass through the frame bars and vthrough the flanges at the inner edges of the fenders.

YfVhen'my device is in osition it is readily apparent that the fen ers will be'braced with respect to each other as well as with respect to the frame bars and lamps and that the lamps also be eiectually braced with respect to the frame bars and the fenders. In this way itfwill be readily apparent that vibrationcrm'd jarring with the resultant disagreeable rattling and squeaking will be entirely eliminated as the parts are held so rigidly that relative movement is impossible.

Thile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention it is of course to be understood that reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described by invention, I

l. A bracing device for the fenders of an automobile comprising a horizontail 'diseing disposed against the fenders with the rod extending across the iront of the radiator securing bol/ts'l passing through said ends and through rthe fenders, a second rod secured centrali It'o 'said firstI named rod and having its ein portions extending down wardly and engaging against the top of the frame bars, and securing .bolts passing through the endstot said second named bar and throughthe frame bars.

2. Means for` bracing the fenders and lamps nfan automobile, comprising a rod extending horizontally across the front of the radiator and' having angularly inclined ends {hitly engaging against the fenders and \secured thereto, rearwardly extending arms `on .said rods secured to the standards which support the headlamps, and a bar 'secured centrally to said rods and having its ends extending downwardiy and bent to lie flat upon the tops ofA the frame bars, said last named ends being secured to the frame bars. 3. Means for bracing the fenders and :cenaiy disposed rod lnzfzited in advance of the radiator :md having its ends anguzuy offset and secured o the inclined portions of the fenders between 'the lamp standards and the adjacent bends of the fenders, :i downweidly extening' member varried by :L rod at the center thei'eo'and having :mgm Early offset apei'tuied ends bolted to the fmwmd portions ef the frame bars of the vehiclev and anguar rearwardly inclined arms extending from he rod and having aperui'ed ends boleed no the hmm standards.

4. A bracing device fm *eine front fenders of auomobiles., comprising an inverted substantialy U-shaped yoke disposed in advance @if the india/eer and having the ends of its Arms secured at the forward ends of the frame of the vehicie, and ii Substanifilly horixontal bar Secured intermediate its ends on the upper portion of said yoke and having its ende Secured. upon the ii'en fenders.

In testimony ivheiieoi MEX my signature.

BENJAMN H. H TNT. 

